Wilkinsburg Borough School District's Case

Citations

• 234 Pa. 373
• 83 A. 410
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 656

Syllabus

<p>Bankruptcy — State and Federal courts — Jurisdiction—Dispute as to title of property — Qonsiitutional law.</p> <p>Where a contractor is adjudicated a bankrupt, and thereafter the owner of the building pays into court a sum of money due the contractor upon an estimate, and, in proceedings to distribute the fund questions of law and fact arise among three different claimants, and particularly where the constitutionality of the Pennsylvania Mechanics Lien Act is called in question, it is the duty of the court below to pass upon the various questions of law and fact raised in the proceedings, before turning over the fund to the trustees in bankruptcy.</p>